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WGUS74 KHUN 162209

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ALC049-170130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

508 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DE KALB COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM 

CDT...



AT 508 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER ALL OF DE KALB COUNTY. RAINFALL OF 

TWO TO THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING...WITH ONE TO TWO 

INCHES JUST SINCE NOON. ADDITIONAL WIND-DRIVEN RAIN...VERY HEAVY AT 

TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS DE KALB COUNTY THROUGH THE WARNING 

PERIOD...WITH RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE.



BIG WILLS CREEK IN FORT PAYNE HAS RISEN ABOUT THREE FEET IN THE LAST 

SIX HOURS...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RISE.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 830 PM CDT INCLUDE...

COLLINSVILLE...CROSSVILLE...FORT PAYNE...FYFFE...GERALDINE...

HENAGAR...IDER...POWELL...RAINSVILLE AND SYLVANIA...AND SURROUNDING

AREAS.



FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY

RAINFALL...EVEN IN THE DISTANT...CAN CREATE SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF

OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD

WATERS.



LAT...LON 3486 8558 3419 8547 3414 8613 3446 8612

      3456 8588



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